48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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8 sections with “indebtedness”

  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    …rdinary course of the Contractor's business as presently conducted; (12) Create or incur indebtedness for advances, other than advances to be made under the terms of this contract, or for borrowings; (13) Make or covenant for capital expe…
  • FAR 32.304-6 Other collateral security.
    …inventories. (c) Endorsements. (d) Guarantees. (e) Subordinations or standbys of other indebtedness.
  • FAR 32.409-3 Security, supervision, and covenants.
    …sements or guarantees; (2) Pledges of collateral; (3) Subordination or standby of other indebtedness; (4) Controls or limitations on profit distributions, salaries, bonuses or commissions, rentals and royalties, capital expenditures, cre…
  • FAR 32.501-5 Other protective terms.
    …f the contract: (a) Personal or corporate guarantees. (b) Subordinations or standbys of indebtedness. (c) Special bank accounts. (d) Protective covenants of the kinds in paragraph (p) of the clause at 52.232-12, Advance Payments. (e) A…
  • FAR 32.603 Debt determination.
    …n collecting the debt; or (3) Actual monetary loss to the Government. (b) The amount of indebtedness determined by the contracting officer shall be an amount that— (1) Is based on the merits of the case; and (2) Is consistent with the c…
  • FAR 32.801 Definitions.
    …agency to the assignee under an assignment of claims will not be reduced to liquidate the indebtedness of the contractor to the Government.
  • FAR 51.102 Authorization to use Government supply sources.
    …ned from Government supply sources are properly accounted for and properly used; (2) Any indebtedness incurred for supplies or services and not satisfied by the contractor; and (3) Submitting, in writing, to the appropriate Government sou…
  • DFARS 252.225-7050 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
    …l estate, or other tangible assets of the firm; or (5) Holding 50 percent or more of the indebtedness of a firm. State sponsor of terrorism means a country determined by the Secretary of State, under section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.